I donīt understand what should Jarlena or Nick fans be angry. It only means they will need the character for a longer time and itīs less expensive to put the actor on contract than to pay him for each appearance as day player.

I think the issue is that it shows 'TPTB's' lack of commitment to the actors currently on the show. The writers seem to be constructing stories around new actors while they're at the same time firing current ones. I wouldn't say I'm angry about this, just sad that those in charge obviously have no clue how valuable many in their current cast are.

Yep. It's been that way for years.

I knew Corday was going to hire someone. He always does when he fires someone. I don't call that "cost cutting." The cast is too big already to throw another new character in the mix. His character is totally unnecessary. Callahan's totally lost his looks imho.